[Bug 779968] Re: dpkg: error: version 'nis_3.17-18' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit

[christian.symmons]

Still an issue on natty server,

to reproduce...

apt-get update
apt-get install nis


is this going to get fixed? 


root at homebackup:/home# apt-get install nis
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic-pae
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
  nscd
The following NEW packages will be installed
  nis
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/197 kB of archives.
After this operation, 815 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package nis.
(Reading database ... 74232 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nis (from .../archives/nis_3.17-31_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nis (3.17-31) ...
 * Stopping NIS services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 [ OK ] 
 * Starting NIS services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         * binding to YP server...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       * ....                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          * ....                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       [fail] 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         [ OK ]
dpkg: error: version 'nis_3.17-18' has bad syntax: version number does not start with a digit

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  dpkg: error: version 'nis_3.17-18' has bad syntax: version number does
  not start with digit

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